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Chapter 261 Is the Township Head a High-Ranking Official?
Chapter 261 Is the Township Head a very high-ranking official?
Inside the Imperial Study—
The old emperor looked at the respectful Minister of Agriculture, Wan, and said, "Can you achieve a rice yield of 600 jin per mu?!"
Wan Sinong immediately replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my utmost to achieve this!"
As they spoke, Wan Sinong took out a book titled "Rice Cultivation Techniques" from his bosom and respectfully presented it to the old emperor with both hands.
The white eunuch beside the old emperor went to fetch...
The eunuch then handed it over to the old emperor.
The old emperor frowned when he saw that the booklet was titled "Rice Cultivation Techniques" and asked, "When did you obtain this booklet? And how many people have seen it?"
"I came across this booklet by chance while I was among the common people this year," Wan Sinong said, somewhat surprised by the old emperor's expression. "After reading it, I felt that although the ideas in this booklet were somewhat whimsical, they also had their merits. I plan to try them out next spring."
"Hmm," the old emperor nodded, and instructed the white eunuch to take the booklet away.
"Make a copy for Wan Sinong," the old emperor said, quite pleased with Wan Sinong's attitude of sending him the best things first. He waved his hand and said, "Work hard, I'll be watching you."
Wan Sinong left, having already lost the original copy, but he took a new one and copied it again. He was still completely bewildered, not understanding what was going on.
* * *
Inside Huangfu Qian's villa—
As summer drew to a close, they returned to the villa. The family sat in the small hall of the guest room, the atmosphere heavy with tension.
"Does that mean my son... will never be able to take the imperial examinations in his lifetime?" Xia's mother asked cautiously, full of worry.
"I don't know," Xia's father shook his head and looked at Xia's eldest and second eldest brothers.
"Father and Mother, don't worry. As long as the news doesn't get out, it won't affect Second Brother," Xia Mo said, her divine sense already receiving news of Huangfu Qian's arrival.
"I'm going to relieve myself," Xia Mo said, and then left the small hall in the side courtyard.
Huangfu Qian not only came alone, but also brought a middle-aged man who seemed to be mentally challenged.
The middle-aged man was brought in while unconscious.
In late summer, Xia went around to the west side of the backyard of the villa and met up with Huangfu Qian and the unconscious middle-aged man.
“His name is Wan San, and he is Wan Sinong’s cousin. But when he was twenty-six years old, he suddenly became mentally impaired and has been taken care of by people sent by Wan Sinong ever since,” Huangfu Qian was actually a little uncertain.
What if he brought the wrong person?
Xia Mo scanned Wan San's brain with her divine sense and saw the damaged part, which was related to intelligence.
“Although he was mentally challenged and confined to a small courtyard, he still loved farming and often dug soil in the yard to plant vegetables. Perhaps because of his mental disability, he always failed to plant vegetables,” Huangfu Qian explained.
There was another reason he brought Wan San with him: Wan San's behavior.
“Yes, you didn’t bring the wrong one,” Xia Mo released the spider-like live streaming system that she had previously stored in her soul space.
The spider-like live streaming system is running out of energy and has been forced into hibernation.
Xia Mo probed into her consciousness and used the technology of another world to create data. With that data, she guided the thread of fortune on Wan San's body and pulled it to herself.
The dormant live streaming system, like an old, mindless computer, didn't react at all to Xia Mo's actions.
Fifteen minutes later—
"Alright," Xia Mo withdrew her divine sense and successfully guided Wan San's luck thread to herself.
“As long as the imperial decree bestowing honors upon me is issued, some of what was taken away will be recovered,” Xia Mo said, looking at Wan San. “Wan San’s brain is damaged; he will be like this for the rest of his life, and it cannot be cured.”
If she had known earlier that returning to her original world would mean healing people's brains, she would definitely have prepared more regeneration pills for limb regeneration!
Although she possessed the Bone-Growing Pill, it was far inferior to the Regeneration Pill. The Bone-Growing Pill could only regenerate severed limbs and bones, but it could not regenerate a damaged brain.
“Yes, I will have someone take good care of him,” Huangfu Qian said.
Just as Xia Mo finished talking with Huangfu Qian, news came from Xia's father that a eunuch from the palace had come to deliver an imperial edict.
"My elder brother has come looking for me; it's an imperial decree," Xia Mo greeted him, then turned and left briskly.
Huangfu Qian: "..."
He watched Xia Mo's decisive departure, his heart filled with indescribable complex emotions.
* * *
In the front courtyard of the villa—
The white eunuch said with a smile, "Master Xia, let your daughter receive the imperial decree."
Eunuch Bai didn't dislike Xia's father and the others, but he would still obey the old emperor's orders.
“Yes,” Xia’s father said nervously, his palms sweating.
Xia Mo met up with Brother Xia, and the two of them went out together.
At this time, Xia's father, Xia's mother, and Xia's second brother were already making preparations.
“Everyone is here. I will now read the imperial edict,” said the white eunuch, unfolding the edict in his hand. After reading it aloud, he said, “Lord Anjia, please accept the edict.”
“Yes, thank you for your grace, Your Majesty,” Xia Mo respectfully stepped forward and accepted the imperial edict with both hands.
“Congratulations, Lord Anjia,” said the white eunuch.
He discovered that even though the Xia family felt the matter was unfair, they did not show any dissatisfaction.
"Is the village head a very high-ranking official?" Xia's father asked cautiously.
The eunuch Bai thought for a moment and said, "The title of 'village head' is a noble title, equivalent to the seventh rank."
"Ah, my daughter actually has an official position now, hahaha..." Xia's mother had long since come to terms with it, and at this moment, she was genuinely happy for her daughter.
The eunuch Bai observed Xia's mother's expression and found that she was indeed not displeased. Surprised, he also felt a sense of admiration.
"I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first," the white eunuch said, clasping his hands in a fist salute as he departed.
“We don’t have anything valuable here. This is for Grandpa Bai,” Xia’s father said nervously, holding up a small medicine bottle. “This is called a health-strengthening pill.”
The eunuch Bai accepted it in surprise.
He had actually heard of the body-strengthening pills!
“There’s only one pill here… It’s not that I’m reluctant to part with it… it’s just that… this is the only pill I have,” Xia’s father said anxiously.
The eunuch nodded: "We will accept this gift."
The white-clad eunuch tucked the small medicine bottle into a hidden pocket in his sleeve, and left expressionlessly, but with a cheerful gait.
The old emperor didn't believe in any health-strengthening pills. Even though he knew Huangfu Qian had such pills, he never asked for them. When Huangfu Qian offered them to him, he even knocked them over. But the eunuch Bai believed him. After all, he had an old acquaintance with Huangfu Qian and had seen him take them while serving under him.
Xia Mo, holding the imperial decree that conferred upon her the title of village head, extended her divine sense through thin threads to search for Wan Sinong within the capital city.
With a thread of divine sense, Wan Sinong, who was riding in a sedan chair, was found on the way back to the Wan residence from the palace.
The main task popped up on the live stream screen in front of Wan Sinong, and the progress of the main task dropped by 10 points, from 90% to 80%.
The live-streaming system inside Wan Sinong's brain didn't give him a chance to explain and immediately imposed an electric shock punishment.
At this moment, the sedan bearers, with their feet raised, felt that something was strange about the situation inside the sedan. The two strong sedan bearers dared not stop to take a look inside the sedan, and because of this, they had no idea that their master was writhing in pain inside the sedan!